Turkey will boycott Syrian peace talks planned for this week if the Kurdish opposition Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been invited as part of the negotiating team, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. The PYD, which is fighting ISIS and has enjoyed military support from the...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels have recaptured two towns in the northern countryside of Aleppo from the Islamic State after fierce fighting that left 20 ISIS fighters dead, field commander told Zaman al-Wasl. On Saturday, ISIS captured the border towns of al-Bel and Braghida, and neighboring...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution against Islamic State in Syria should the Syrian government and rebels fail to reach a political settlement. The latest round of Syria peace talks are planned...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Islamic State fighters on Saturday have taken two border towns with Turkey from rebels in the northern countryside of Aleppo, local reporter said. ISIS captured towns of al-Bel and Braghida after surprise attack on rebels checkpoints started by a suicide bombing. Also in...